Fish dislike air stone

[SuperSword48]

This is a rather silly “issue”. I have a big sunken ship that I placed an airstone within and everything would avoid it. Recently the air tubing broke and I have yet to bother fixing it. But I recently noticed my Pygmy corydora catfish and thick lip gourami love the ship now that the air stone is off. My question is should I even bother using an air stone if everything in my tank seems to hate it?

 

[fallfever]

You don't NEED an airstone. Some fish like it some don't, same with fishkeepers. You should have plenty of water disturbance at the top of your tank from your filter to keep the tank oxygenated.

 

[BigManAquatics]

If you want to keep it, you can always move it somewhere else.

 

[NotSoAggressiveAquatics]

Try moving it. I know if I was a fish I’d rather hide in the ship when it’s calm than if there’s bubbles coming out of it.